David Alt
David Alt | |
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| Born | Sept 17, 1933 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | April 26, 2015 (aged 81) Missoula, Montana, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Author, geologist |
David Alt (September 17, 1933 – April 26, 2015) was an American geologist and author.
Career
[edit]Alt was the author of more than thirty books, including several titles in the Roadside Geology series published by Mountain Press.[1][2][3]
He earned his Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Texas, and joined the Department of Geology at The University of Montana in Missoula, Montana in 1965.[4] He became professor Emeritus at The University of Montana in 2002.[4]
He died on April 26, 2015, in Missoula.[5]
Lake Missoula Floods
[edit]Alt helped to interpret and explain to a wide audience the cataclysmic glacial Missoula Floods through articles and his book Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods (Mountain Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0878424153).[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Kris (2021-06-22). "David Alt". Discover Lewis & Clark. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ "Roadside Geology". Mountain Press. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Roadside Geology". Mountain Press. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ a b "ITEM 115-1011-R0502". mus.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Memorials". www.jsg.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Larson, Keely (2023-01-04). "How a vanished Ice Age lake shaped the past and present of Missoula, Montana". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "NOVA | Mystery of the Megaflood | Ice Age Lake | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Explore Glacial Lake Missoula and the Catastrophic Ice Age Floods". hugefloods.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.